my mum went to a catholic school run by nuns and told me that when she used to think there were three kinds of people - males, females and nuns, because they wore the full on outfits with habits and everything back then, so she never realised they were women. im not sure where she thought priests fitted in...
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- Mum used to believe there were men, women and nuns and nuns used to have wheels under their habits!— Chris - Sheffield
- When I was younger, I believed that Priests could get married, but only to Nuns— MJF
- i used to believe nuns were married to jesus and priests were married to mary.— sunshine
- I used to believe Nuns are a third gender, a cross between men and women:)Anon
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- When I was four I saw a group of nuns and told my grandma...look there's a bunch of brides with raincoats on.Anon